diff --git a/.sqlx/query-c4a8b0ebbad2dff414a26c5bb92f50c3a4a481e7d1f839459798236cbffd25fe.json b/.sqlx/query-c4a8b0ebbad2dff414a26c5bb92f50c3a4a481e7d1f839459798236cbffd25fe.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b4fcec..0000000
--- a/.sqlx/query-c4a8b0ebbad2dff414a26c5bb92f50c3a4a481e7d1f839459798236cbffd25fe.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
-  "query": "\n        SELECT AVG(bid_wei)::TEXT\n        FROM mev_blocks\n        WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '6 months'\n        ",
-  "describe": {
-    "columns": [
-      {
-        "ordinal": 0,
-        "name": "avg",
-        "type_info": "Text"
-      }
-    ],
-    "parameters": {
-      "Left": []
-    },
-    "nullable": [
-      null
-    ]
-  },
-  "hash": "c4a8b0ebbad2dff414a26c5bb92f50c3a4a481e7d1f839459798236cbffd25fe"
-}
diff --git a/.sqlx/query-d8e2b668a36e6272aa9a6da3da4f3aa3ec234de3b4051ae7765b32770ed1c6eb.json b/.sqlx/query-d8e2b668a36e6272aa9a6da3da4f3aa3ec234de3b4051ae7765b32770ed1c6eb.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9e1acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sqlx/query-d8e2b668a36e6272aa9a6da3da4f3aa3ec234de3b4051ae7765b32770ed1c6eb.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "\n        SELECT PERCENTILE_CONT(0.5) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY bid_wei)::TEXT AS median_bid_wei\n        FROM mev_blocks\n        WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '6 months'\n        ",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "name": "median_bid_wei",
+        "type_info": "Text"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": []
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      null
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "d8e2b668a36e6272aa9a6da3da4f3aa3ec234de3b4051ae7765b32770ed1c6eb"
+}
diff --git a/src/bin/update-validator-rewards/mev_blocks.rs b/src/bin/update-validator-rewards/mev_blocks.rs
index 3bd0024..802d9d9 100644
--- a/src/bin/update-validator-rewards/mev_blocks.rs
+++ b/src/bin/update-validator-rewards/mev_blocks.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub async fn calc_mev_reward(
 ) -> Result<ValidatorReward> {
     let mev_per_slot: EthNewtype = sqlx::query!(
         "
-        SELECT AVG(bid_wei)::TEXT
+        SELECT PERCENTILE_CONT(0.5) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY bid_wei)::TEXT AS median_bid_wei
         FROM mev_blocks
         WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '6 months'
         "
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub async fn calc_mev_reward(
     .fetch_one(executor)
     .await
     .unwrap()
-    .avg
+    .median_bid_wei
     .context("expect at least one block in mev_blocks table before computing MEV reward")?
     .parse::<WeiNewtype>()
     .context("failed to parse MEV per slot as Wei")?